Single poll

Forsa poll of 18 August 2021 for the federal election

Commissioned by
RTL / n-tv
Fieldwork period
10 to 16 Aug 2021
Respondents
2,501
Method
Telefonisch
  • CDU/CSU23.0%±0
  • SPD21.0%+2.0
  • Grüne19.0%-1.0
  • FDP12.0%±0
  • AfD10.0%±0
  • Linke6.0%-1.0
  • Others9.0%±0

Dashed line: electoral threshold of 5%. Change compared with the previous Forsa poll of 11 Aug 2021.

In this poll Forsa has CDU/CSU ahead on 23.0%, followed by SPD on 21.0%. 2,501 people were surveyed from 10 to 16 Aug 2021, method Telefonisch, commissioned by RTL / n-tv.

Compared with the previous Forsa poll of 11 Aug 2021, SPD gains 2.0 points, Grüne loses 1.0 points, Linke loses 1.0 points.

Compared with the average of the other pollsters on the same day, Forsa has CDU/CSU 3.1 points lower and SPD 2.9 points higher.

Context

Deviation from the average of the other pollsters

Rolling 45-day average of the other pollsters on 18 Aug 2021. Positive: this poll is above it.

  • CDU/CSU -3.1average 26.1
  • SPD +2.9average 18.1
  • Linke -1.0average 7.0
  • AfD -0.8average 10.8
  • FDP +0.3average 11.7
  • Grüne +0.2average 18.8
Seat projection

Seat projection from this poll

630 seats by Sainte-Laguë, five per cent threshold, waived for parties winning at least three constituencies.

CDU/CSU: 159 seatsSPD: 145 seatsGrüne: 132 seatsFDP: 83 seatsAfD: 69 seatsLinke: 42 seatsMajority from 316630of 630 seats
  • CDU/CSU159
  • SPD145
  • Grüne132
  • FDP83
  • AfD69
  • Linke42
  • CDU/CSU + SPD + Grüne436 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + SPD + FDP387 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + Grüne + FDP374 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + SPD + AfD373 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + Grüne + AfD360 of 630
  • SPD + Grüne + FDP360 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + SPD + Linke346 of 630
  • SPD + Grüne + AfD346 of 630
  • CDU/CSU + Grüne + Linke333 of 630
  • SPD + Grüne + Linke319 of 630
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Data from dawum.de (ODbL), analysis by wahlergebnisse.io. Individual polls carry a margin of error of roughly two to three points for the larger parties.

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